Footwear



ug. 17, w37.. F. DALESSANDRO FOOTWEAR Filed March l1, 1955 ATTORNEYPatented Aug. 17, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

'Ihe invention relates to footwear and more especially to a shoe. Y

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a shoe,especially the low type, wherein the vamp at the top thereof hasarranged therewith a cushion or pad, the same being so disposed as tonot bite into the foot of a wearer of the shoe and at the same timelending comfort to such wearer particularly at the top of the upperthroughout the vamp area of said shoe and thus preventing the toeswedging into the toe portion of the shoe, particularly with the highheel type. Another object of the invention is the provision of a shoe ofthis character, wherein the pad is of l5 a particular construction andis held mounted in the shoe in a particular manner so as to assurewearing comfort and eliminating binding at the vamp which results in thebruising of the foot of a wearer or discomfort, especially in high heelpumps or other low shoes. t

A further object of the invention is the provision of a shoe of thischaracter, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable andeicient in its purpose, strong, durable, presenting a neat appearance,and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention andpointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompany drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shoe con- 35structed in accordance with the invention and partly broken away.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary top plan view. Figure 3 is a fragmentary viewsimilar to Figure 1 showing a slight modification.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the modification' At the vamp of the pumpbetween the leather upper 5 and the lining 6 of said pump is arranged acushioning pad 'i the opposite faces of which are convexed and said padis extended to the top edge of the vamp and by reason of its shape thistop edge is slightly outwardly disposed to be out of contact with thefoot of the wearer of the pump, this being a result of the pressure ofthe foot of such wearer directly against the thickened portion of thepad l. The pad 'l is held by adhesive in proper position next to thestitching of the lining 6 with the leather upper 5 of the pump.

The pad 'l in its contour is of Substantially crescent shape as is shownin Figure 2 of the drawing so as to follow the contour of the foot ofthe wearer and in the Wearing of the pump the toes of such wearer willbe prevented from becoming wedged in the toe portion of the pump and theupper edge of the upper at the vamp will not cut into or bite the footwhen within the pump.

In Figure 3 of the drawing there is shown a slight modification, whereinthe cushioning pad 8 is carried upon an adhesive piece 9 which extendsmarginally entirely about the pad 8 and this adhesive piece is adaptedto adhere to the lining Ill of the upper ll of the footwear and such pad8 is located at the identical place to that of the pad l, it beingpreferable to have an adhesive l2 cover the face of the pad 8 contactingwith the lining l0 of the upper ll so that this pad will be xedly heldin its located position.

It is, of course, understood that the pad 'l may be made from anysuitable cushioning material, although it is preferable to have the samemade from rubber, while the adhesive piece 9 is made from fabriccarrying adhesive at one face thereof.

What is claimed is:

In footwear, a vamp having outside and inside sections joined with eachother at their uppermost edges, a substantially crescent shapedresilient pad confined between said sections next to the joined edgesand having a convexed face formation next to each section for outwardlydisplacing the upper joined edges of said sections of the vamp, andmeans for securing the said pad in fixed relation to said sections.

FRANK DALESSANDRO.

